Are cats apex predators upgrade#

Ironically, as we celebrate the Year of the Tiger this year, road construction in Nepal is expected to bisect tiger strongholds, threatening to reverse the remarkable and previously inconceivable progressВ made to conserve the worldвЂ™s remaining 4,500 wild tigers from extinction. This is particularly concerning where road developments will impact areas of rich biodiversity and where conservation gains have been so painstakingly achieved. This development directly threatens the core habitats of apex predators found in these regions and will potentially disrupt the functioning and stability of their ecosystems.

Are cats apex predators upgrade#

The NSW Government is ignoring its own guidelines to build a Highway upgrade through nationally important population of koalas.

Proposed road developments across Africa, the Brazilian Amazon and Nepal are expectedВ to intersect roughly 500 protected areas. More than 90 per cent of the 25 million kilometres of new global road construction expected between now and 2050 will be built in developing nations that host critical ecosystems and rich biodiversity areas. The outlook for the next 30 years is even more dire. Eight out of the ten species most impacted by roads were found in Asia, with the sloth bear, tiger, dhole, Asiatic black bear and clouded leopard leading the list. This development directly threatens the core habitats of apex predators found in these regions and will potentially disrupt the functioning and stability of their ecosystems.ДЄ new studyВ I coauthored, 'Severe conservation risks of roads on apex predators', confirms that apex predators in Asia currently face the greatest threat from roads, likely due to the regionвЂ™s high road density and the numerous apex predators found there. Tigers and leopards are among the tenВ apex predators most threatened by the worldвЂ™s obsession with road-building, writes Jeffrey Dunnink.ДESIGNED FOR SPEED and efficiency, roadways across the globe are effectively killing wildlife whose futures are intrinsically linked to the future of the planet: apex predators, those species including big cats like tigers and leopards who sit at the top of the food chain and ensure the health of all biodiversity.